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Ben Moon figures he spent up to 50 hours crafting a mural, which was then destroyed along with two others by vandals who invaded the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD). But he said a surveillance camera photo of five young male suspects released by ACAD security — and the resulting social media hunt […]

Portions of the city’s core were taped off by police Saturday evening as police investigated a serious stabbing near the downtown library. Just before 7:15 p.m., emergency crews were called to an area near Macleod Tr. and 6 Ave. S.E. for reports of an assault in front of a business. A witness who declined to […]

With a request to hike this year’s police budget by more than $14 million already made public, city councillors are falling in line with support saying that as crime rises, so does the need for more resources. “Car theft, domestic violence, gun violence, all of that is up. We can’t handcuff the police. Safety is […]

Saying he’s a changed man since questioning the conduct of a sexual-assault complainant, former judge Robin Camp said Tuesday he should be allowed to return to life as a lawyer. Camp, who resigned as a federal judge last March in the face of expulsion for asking a 19-year-old woman in 2014 why she didn’t “keep […]

Anticipating further vandalism of Calgary’s iconic Peace Bridge, the city is ordering replacement glass panels after almost 30 sections have been damaged since the bridge’s 2012 opening. City officials are hoping the tab for 18 curved balustrade glass panes doesn’t exceed $100,000, which will come from the roads department’s operating budget, said Craig MacFarlane, senior engineer […]

A man who helped bring Canada’s largest Ponzi scheme to light is flabbergasted at the news that the two men convicted of the crime are already out of jail. Milowe Brost — who was convicted in February 2015 of bilking about 2,400 investors of more than $120 million — was paroled last spring after serving […]

Charges have been laid following the sexual assault of a teen girl on a city bus earlier this month. A 15-year-old girl got on an empty transit bus on Oct. 1 around 3 p.m. near Centre Street South and 4th Avenue S.E. when a man, who had boarded at a subsequent stop, sat down next […]

A high-risk offender who spent nearly 20 years in prison for various offences has returned to the city, say Calgary police. Michael Andrew Scott, 44, returned to the city Nov. 1 and is the subject of a long-term supervision order. Scott served a 12-and-a-half-year sentence for three sexual assaults and a seven-year sentence for aggravated […]

Calgary police are investigating following a knife attack at a Greyhound bus terminal in the southwest. Officers were called to the Greyhound terminal in Sunalta around 5:30 a.m. for reports of a stabbing. One person was taken to hospital suffering from non-life threatening wounds. More details are expected to be released later today.

At age 17, Tuan Le was killed with a semi-automatic firearm while sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked outside a rave in Vancouver. The young gangster’s death sparked retaliation — a member of a rival gang was later shot but not killed in Burnaby — as a violent turf war among Vietnamese thugs escalated. Le had earlier lived in Calgary’s Applewood Park, where he received mentorship and guidance from Hieu Ngo, a social worker who met the young man when he ran a program helping youth who were at risk of becoming criminals.

A hoax in which seniors are targeted by scammers posing as family or friends appears to be on the rise in Calgary, police are warning, in some cases including a new twist involving pre-purchased grocery gift cards.

Mexican drug cartels are slowly making their way into Calgary as they attempt to secure a foothold in what they see as a wealthy city where users are willing to shell out loads of cash to get high, police say. The cartels, known for violence and deeply-entrenched networks of distributors, pose a big challenge for […]

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